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Last night Harry had just let the dogs in when he noticed something, and after looking spotted this young praying mantis on the edge of the porch step, by the time he showed me, and I grabbed the camera, this little guy was climbing up our lawn chair. I was amazed how fast he moved, and Harry saw him leap in the air after a moth, but he missed

. I still had the 13mm macro extension tube attached to the 40D and 70-200mm f 4/L lens, and used the flash to get this shot. I was thrilled to see one of these hard to spot creatures, they rank at the top of my favorites list alongside dragonflies. I had not seen one for several years, so this was a real treat.

I have one more I can share, before he finally had enough of me and literally jumped off the chair into the darkness.

Thank you for commenting. Tigs♥ =^..^=